Structural Correlates of Depressive Symptoms in Prodromal Alzheimer’s Disease.
Br J Med Med Res
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2016; 14(4): 1-10
Article
Dans Anglais
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| ID: sea-182782
ABSTRACT
Background/Aims:
We conducted a cross-sectional study to investigate the structural magnetic resonance imaging correlates of depressive symptoms at the initial clinical stages of Alzheimer’s disease (AD).Methods:
Subjects aged 65 or more were categorized as prodromal AD (n=18), mild AD (n=35), or normal cognition (n=76). Depressive symptoms were measured by means of the 15-item abridged version of the Geriatric Depression Scale. Potential gray matter correlates of depressive symptoms were analyzed using the Statistical Parametric Mapping software package.Results:
Significant results were obtained in the prodromal AD group only. In that group, depressive symptoms were related to atrophy in the left precentral gyrus (Brodmann area 6) (p≤0.01, FWE corrected).Conclusion:
Our results, added to the existing literature, suggest that dysfunction in left-sided, cognitively and functionally salient, cortical regions along with relative preservation of deficit awareness, provided by the right hemisphere, explain depressive symptoms in the initial clinical stages of AD.
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IMSEAR (Asie du Sud-Est)
Type d'étude:
Etude diagnostique
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Étude observationnelle
langue:
Anglais
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Br J Med Med Res
Année:
2016
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Article
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